ALBANY -- The owner of an Albany sandwich shop admitted Thursday he helped kidnap a high-level marijuana dealer presumed to be dead and agreed to cooperate with investigators searching for the man's body.

Anthony Davis, 40, known as "Inf," faces 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree kidnapping in the June 13, 2010, abduction of 41-year-old Steven Jackson of Guilderland. The victim, known as "Swag,'' was abducted about 1 p.m. outside what authorities described as a marijuana storage house at 40 Parkwood St., near New Scotland Avenue.

On Feb. 18, Gino Uzzell, known as "G," a recently fired state Department of Health worker, pleaded guilty to second-degree conspiracy. He also agreed to cooperate with investigators.

Authorities believe Uzzell, a drug partner of Jackson, targeted the dealer with the muscle of Thornton and Davis -- who, as teenagers, were convicted in a series of violent robberies in Albany.

Jackson is believed to have been awaiting drug shipment of around 500 pounds of marijuana when he was kidnapped. He died at some point during the abduction, authorities said.

Under his plea deal, Davis must provide information to authorities about the location of Jackson's remains, which he has already started to do, acting Supreme Court Justice Dan Lamont said during the appearance.

Davis, who was arrested in January, faced 25 years to life in prison if convicted of first-degree kidnapping and conspiracy. Should Jackson's body be found, he could have faced a first-degree murder charge if he hadn't cut a deal.

"My client, after a lot of soul-searching, decided to come clean," said Davis' attorney, Bryan Rounds, following his client's appearance with Lamont and assistant district attorneys Francisco Calderon and Eric Galarneau. "That's what he did today. He was facing the potential of life without parole on a potential murder in the first-degree indictment. Do the math -- 10 years is a very favorable disposition."

Benn and Thornton still face charges of first-degree kidnapping and conspiracy. Benn is additionally charged with possession of stolen property because he allegedly used Jackson's credit card at a Price Chopper supermarket on Central Avenue on the day of the kidnapping.

Jackson's disappearance has been probed for connections to two other Albany missing persons cases: Ashley Marie Carroll, 24, of Troy, who vanished May 6 after being dropped off by a friend in West Hill; and the disappearance of Donald Green, 50, of Schenectady, known as "Uncle Noonie," who was last seen leaving the Silver Slipper bar in Albany on Feb. 26, 2010. Schenectady police have said the circumstances of Green's disappearance are "believed to be suspicious."